Biography
Since 1986 Galerie Gisela Capitain in Cologne, Germany has developed an ongoing vibrant programme with international artists from various disciplines. Günther Förg, Charline von Heyl, Zoe Leonard, Albert Oehlen, Stephen Prina, Franz West, Christopher Wool and Martin Kippenberger belong to the first generation of artists who have shaped the gallery’s programme since its founding. In October 2008 Gisela Capitain opened a new, 1300 square metre space in a 1960s glass pavilion in Berlin in collaboration with Friedrich Petzel Gallery, New York.
For over 36 years, the gallery’s artistic agenda has remained focused on, though not limited to, European and American Contemporary Art from the 1980s. More recently it has extended its representation to Japanese artist Hiroki Tsukuda and Hong Kong based composer, multimedia and sound artist Samson Young, Peruvian artist Ximena Garrido-Lecca, Italian artist Isabella Ducrot and the British painter Jadé Fadojutimi. In 2020 the gallery started to work with Ragen Moss as well as Yann Gerstberger and Liza Lacroix.
